Metal end construction for freight cars



H. E. VAN DORN.

METAL END CONSTRUCTION FOR FREIGHT CARS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1920.

1,412,072. Patented D 11, 1922.

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H. E. VAN DORN.

METAL END CONSTRUCTION FOR FREIGHT CARS. APPLICATION men JUNE 1. 1920.

1,412,072. Patented 'A r. 11, 1922."

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To all who-mit may concern: V I Be it known that ,I, HERBERT E. V AN Donn, a citizen of the United States, res1ding at Ghicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metal Endl Constructions forFreight Cars, and declare the following to be a'full, clear,'and exact' description of the same,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which .itjpertains to' make and'use the same, "reference being had to the vaccompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specificatlon.

Z-My invention relates to the provision of me ns for strengthening andibracingthe body portion, particularly the "ends thereof,

of car bodies. These end portions offthe; body are subjected to much greater strains than the sideportions, abnormal pressure, shocks and blows frequently arisingv in ternally due, to the shifting of the cargo, and externally from some other source, such for instance as a collision between the adjoining ends of two cars. To protect these body ends, it has been the practice to pro-. vide the ends of the car with so-called metal end plates but it has been found that these plates, usually supported mainly from the usual main frame of the car, are. notsufliciently stable at the roof portion of the car to withstand the above mentioned abnormal pressure. I have provided a series of metal braces for properly trussingo the upper portion of a metal end plate of a car body and the adjacent end portion of the roof'frame. V

r In the drawings:

Figure 1 is atop'plan view' of the end,

portion of a car, with the roof removed; and Figs. 2, 3 and 4- are similar views showing variations in the particular form and arrangement of parts.

In carrying out the invention, in Fi 1, A' represent the usual longitu inal main frame members-or side plates that support the roof; B-B the usual vertical corner posts; and C-C' the usual wood end pieces of the body. D is a sheet metal end, extending preferably from floor to roof of the car, having vertical end flanges, d. E-E' are theusual wood sheathing constituting the outer side walls of the body.

F are two wooden strips extending across the upper portion of the car from one roof L'L respectively. V

Figure 3 shows, instead of the form of'the brace member L (Fig; 2) abrace member,

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A131. 11', 1922.

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main frametmember, A, to the other mem} berQA',

- Gjisa metalstrip, flanged at its ends as at (j-g Hisa metal strip located outside the .member ll emp ly- The opposite side of the structure is similar to that just; described, the flange, gf, plate H and plate J being bolted together' through the'member} A by bolts j.

K is a metal strip flangedjat its ends as at" Z: Za", the latter being b01tedfrespectively to the frame members AA and plates 'J-J by the bolts, 72 The flat portion K of the strip K' i's'bound to the plate G, strips'F, strips aG-C and end D by bolts or rods, K

- In Fig.2- the form of the bracing is varied.

Between the cross pieces, CO',cross-pieces,

F, and longitudinal upper frame members, AA' is located a metal brace, 'L, the respective ends, Z, thereof being bound to the members A-A' by the bolts, Z. Ifis a plate of angle iron shape in cross section and the vertical flange of same is bound by the bolts, Z to the flat portion, Z of the member Land the'plates F. L is a similar angle iron plate, similarly bound to the portion, 5 2*, of the member L, the plates CC and the sheet metal end D. L are crossed metal straps each having its respective ends bound to the horizontal flanges, Z ofthe plates M, having a flattened middle portion, m, and flattened end portions m'. MTare metal members of angular shape in cross section,

theupright flange of one being, bolted through the portion m to the plates, F,bv

the bolts m while the upright flange of the other angle plate M is bolted through the strips 0+0, to the sheetmetal end, D.- N-N are angle iron plates adapted to fit the respective corners at the upright posts,

N of the main frame and one flange of each of these angle pieces is bolted respectively through the flange, m, of the brace, M, through the longitudinal members A-A' and through plates, N 0 is a metal strip,

preferably angle iron shaped in cross section, and engages at each end the brace, M. O" are crossedbraces engaged together at 0 and to the cross piece O and engaged at each end to horizontal; flanges; of the plates M.

Fig. 4: shows a still further variation in the arrangement of the brace members. P is a metal strip, preferably angle iron shaped in, cross section, flanged at its ends, p. P are outer metal plates having their ends flanged as at 7) to embrace the flanged ends, d, of the sheet metal end, D, and also to embrace the vertical frame post, N Q are inner metal straps or plates. Fastening bolts, '9, pass through plates, P the longitudinal main rool frames,AA, and the plates Q,

the flanges, p, of the plates, P, being bound to the sheet metal end, D, and strips, CC

by the bolt formation end, of the plates Q. R- is a cross strip or brace engaged at each end res ectively to, a corner of the piece P and g are longitudinal brace members crossed and engaged together, as at s, and having the respective ends engaged to gusset plates, S, and the metal plate, 7S

which isbolted tothe end pieces CfC and sheet metal end, D, as at s;

Whatl claim is: l. The combination, With the frame of a car body including longitudinal upper side members, of a metal end engaged'to one end of said frame, and a reintorclng truss extending between said sidemembers in opera- 2. The combination with the frame of a,v

car body including longitudinal upper side members, of a metal end engaged. to one endof said frame, and a reinforcing truss ex tending between said side 'membersin oper-f ative relation to said metal end, said truss including a piece having a central section extending parallel to saidme tal end andend, sections extending from; sa d middle section diagonally toward said" side frame members and approaching said metal end, the outer ends of said end sections beingsecured" to. said s de frame members, together with pieces extending longitudinally between the middle section of said piece and themiddle of the upper end of'said metal end, saidlonjgitudinal pieces crossingeach other between thee ls thereof. a

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HERBERT EVAN DORN;

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